Wagon-tongue support.



J. W. WADDELL & G. C. MORROW.

WAGON TONGUE SUPPORT.

,APPLICATION FILED-DEC- 25. l9l6.

1,226,829. Patented May 22, 1917.

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MWQQZQZZW Witnessesy Inventors Attorneys J. W. WADDELL & G. C. MORROW.

WAGON TONGUE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION HLED 05c. 26. I916.

1,226,829. Patented May 22, 1917.

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WAGON-TONGUE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

Application filed December 26, 1916. Serial No. 138,841.

To all whom it may concern.

Be 1t known that we, JAMES W. NADDnLL and Grouse C. Morrow, cltizens of the United States, residing at Clinton, in the county of Van Buren, State of Arkansas,

have invented a new and useful Wagon Tongue Support, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of .this application is a support-for a vehicle tongue, and the invention aims to provide a simple structure of this kind whereby the tongue will be yieldingly supported, means being provided whereby the position of the tongue with respectto the horizontal may be adjusted, and the construction being such that the tongue may be swung upwardly or downwardly, at the will of an operator.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objectsin view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings l igure 1 shows in side elevation, a portion of running gear of a wagon, wherewith the device forming the subject matter of this application has been assembled;

Fig. 2 is a top plan of the structure shown in Fig. 1; a

Fig. 3 is a fragmental vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmental vertical section taken on the line M of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, the numeral 1- indicates the front axle of a vehicle, carrying a bolster 2. The hounds are shown at 3 and carry a pivot element 5 on which a tongue 4: is mounted to swingvertically. A reach 28 is pivotally connected with the front aXle 1. The construction above described is common and well known, and no novelty is claimed therefor, saving in so far as. the parts above mentioned enter into combination with parts hereinafter specified.

A rigid bar 6 is mounted on top of the tongue 1 and is held thereto by bolts 7. The rear end of the bar 6 projects beyond the rear end of the tongue 1, as shown at 8, and lies to the rear of the pivot element 5 on which the tongue et is mounted to swing vertically. A. rod or bolt 9 is mounted to move vertically in the rear end 8 of the bar 6, and for this reason, the bar 6 may be denominated a guide, since the bolt or rod 9 reciprocates vertically therein. The bolt 9 is provided at its lower end with an eye'10 disposed below the end 8 of the bar 6. lhreaded onto the upper end of the bolt 9 is a nut 11. A. strong compression spring 12 surrounds a portion of the bolt 9, the upper end ofthe spring 12 abutting against the nut 11, and the lower end of the spring 12 abutting against the rear end S of the bar 6. A link 1% is pivotally connected with the eye 10 of the bolt 9, the lower end of the link 11 being pivotally connected with the eye 15 of a bolt 16 passing through the forward end 17 of a rearwardly extended bar 18. A nut 19'is threadedv ontothe lower end of the bolt 15 and bears against the under face of the forwardly projecting end 17 of the-bar 18. Intermediate its ends, the bar 18, which is rigid, bears against the under face of the axle 1, as shown at 20. Mounted in the rear end of the bar 18 is a bolt 21 carrying a nut 22 which engages the lower face of the bar 18. The upper end of the bolt 21 is provided with an eye 23, receiving pivotally, a link 24, the upper end of which is pivotally mounted in an eye 25 constituting a part of a bolt 26 passing upwardly through the reach 28, there being a nut 27 threaded onto the upper end of the bolt 26, the nut 27 engaging the reach 28.

In practical operation, when the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the bar 18 bears as shown at 20 against the lower face of the axle 1, the spring 12 is under compression, and the tongue 4 is supported in a substantially horizontal position. If the tongue 4: at its forward end be swung forcibly in downward direction, the spring 12 will be put under further compression, and when the forward end of thetongue 4 is released, the spring 12, reacting on the rear end 8 of the bar or guide 6, will swing the tongue 4 again into a substantially horizontal position. The compressive effort of the spring 12, and consequently the position of the tongue 9 with respect to the horizoncircumstances, the rear end 8 of the bar 6,

} being located to the rear of the pivot element 5 which supports the tongue, will move downwardly. Under such circumstances, the forward end of the bar 18 will move downwardly, the eye 23, the link 24 and the eye 25 of the bolt 26 acting as a hinge or pivotal connection between the rear end of the bar 18 and the reach 28.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is of few parts, and is simple in construction. It is so constituted that it can be assembled with standard forms of running gear, no changes in the running gear eing necessary, other than to bore holes in the tongue 4 to receive the bolts 7 and to bore a hole in the reach 28, to receive the bolt 26.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, an axle; a reach assembled with the axle; a tongue; a pivot element carrying the tongue for vertical swinging movement with respect to the axle; a bar bearing intermediate its ends on the lower edge of the axle; means for pivotally connecting the rear end of the bar with the reach for vertical swinging movement; and means for pivotally connecting the forward end of the bar with the tongue, to the rear of the pivot element.

2. In a device of the class described, an axle; a reach assembled with the axle: a tongue; a pivot element carrying the tongue for vertical swinging movement with respect to the axle; a bar bearing intermediate its ends on the lower edge of the axle; means for pivotally connecting the rear end of the bar with the reach for vertical swinging movement; a spring; means for connecting the spring with the forward end of the bar; and means for connecting the spring with the tongue to the rear of the pivot element, whereby the spring will support the tongue.

3. In a device of the class described, a vehicle frame including an axle; a tongue; a pivot element carrying the tongue for vertical swinging movement with respect to the axle; a bar bearing intermediate its ends on the lower edge of the axle; means for pivotally connecting the forward end of the bar with the tongue, to the rear of the pivot element; and means for pivotally connecting the rear end of the bar with the vehicle frame, to the rear of the axle.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto afiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES W. WADDELL. GEORGE G. MORROVV. Witnesses:

S. K. PATTON, JOHN S. JoHNsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

